Point of View has today expanded its tablet range with two new models based on quad-core Cortex A7 CPUs, the 9.7-inch Mobii 945 and the 10-inch Mobii 1045.

Both tablets ship with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and feature the same quad-core Cortex A7-based CPU clocked at 1.0GHz, paired up with PowerVR SGX544 MP2 GPU and 2GB of DDR3 memory. The Mobii 945 is built around a 9.7-inch 2048x1536 IPS touch-screen and features 16GB of internal storage expandable by up to 32GB via microSD card slot, 802.11bgn WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0 for connectivity, 1.3MP front and 5.0MP back cameras, micro USB 2.0 and mini HDMI 1.4 ports. The exact dimensions are 241x187.5x9.9mm.

The larger but most likely cheaper Mobii 1045 has a slightly impressive 10-inch IPS 1280x800 touch-screen and will be available with either 8 or 16GB of internal storage also expandable by up to 32GB via microSD card slot. The rest of the features include 802.11bgn WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0, two micro USB 2.0 ports and a mini HDMI 1.4 output. It also has a 1.3MP front camera but the back one is cut down to 2.0MP. The precise dimensions of the Mobii 1045 are set at 263x174x10.5mm.

Point of View has announced that both tablets are expected to hit retail/e-tail shelves by the end of March. Unfortunately, the price has not been announced but according to our details the Mobii 945 should end up at around €279 while the Mobii 1045 should go for €259.

According to a report over at Phonearena.com, LG is apparently preparing its own in-house mobile processor that should debute in September.

Although the available info is quite scarse, it appears that LG's quad-core CPU, judging by its L9 name, might be based on an ARM Cortex-A9 architecture, rather than Cortex-A15. Scheduled to debute in a smartphone in September, it is expected to be paired up with True HD screen seen in the Optimus 4X HD and a camera larger than 10MP.

Since Samsung has Exynos, while Apple designs its own Ax series of ARM chips, this could signify a very interesting shift on LG's part.

LG is telling the world+dog that it will launch its new flagship Optimus handset in select European markets next month.

No exact date was given, but the Optimus 4X HD should appear in Germany, UK, Italy, Poland and conveniently neutral Sweden sometime in June.

The new Optimus is powered by a Tegra 3 processor and it features a 4.7-inch IPS display. The rest of the spec includes 16GB of internal storage backed by a microSD slot, 1GB of RAM, NFC, 8MP BSI camera, FM Radio, and a bunch of other goodies, along with a 2150mAh battery to keep everything moving.

European retailers are already listing the Optimus 4X HD at €499, making it somewhat cheaper than HTC’s One X and Samsung’s Galaxy S III. It seems like a pretty interesting alternative for value minded consumers.

Engadget managed to score a picture of what appears to be a new HTC phone that is currently known as the HTC Zeta. The new HTC Zeta will supposedly will pack the new Qualcomm 2.5GHz Snapdragon APQ8064 CPU that will be running behind a "huge" 4.5-inch 1280x720 screen.

According Engadget, the phone measures 109.8x60.9x9.8mm dimensions and weighs 146g. In addition to the Qualcomm 2.5GHz APQ8064 CPU the new Zeta will be equipped with 1GB of memory, 32GB of internal storage, Beats Audio, 8MP rear cam with dual flash and 1.3MP front cam, Bluetooth 4.0 and a 1,830mAh battery.

The new Zeta smartphone, will be running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and backed by HTC's own Sense UI (most likely the 4.0 version).

ZiiLABS, the mobile device chip child from Creative, has made some bold claims and stirred some attention back when it was introduced to public, but its chips are yet to find a way into a more serious device. Hopefully that will change as ZiiLABS has announced its two new high-performance chips for "next-gen" tablets, the 1.5GHz dual Cortex-A9 ZMS-20 and the quad Cortex-A9 1.5GHz ZMS-40.

In addition to those famous Cortex-A9 cores, ZiiLABS has squeezed in 96 Stemcell media processing cores in the ZMS-40 while the ZMS-20 will have to do with 48 of those. For now, ZiiLABS is promising that these two will bring 1080p video playback, impressive performance with OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics, HD video calling, support for Flash with HW acceleration and dynamic power management that should provide decent battery life for a device that has an ZiiLABS chip in it.

The ZMS-20 will also feature HDMI 1.4 support for 3D ouptuts, 64-bit memory interface, quad video controllers for 24-bit display output, Xtreme Fidelity X-Fi support, 256-bit AES and support for up to 1GB of either DDR2, LPDDR2 or DDR3 memory.

Since the ZMS-20 is already sampling, there should be a tablet or two at this years Computex early next month. The ZMS-20 is scheduled to start shipping in Q3 while, although it wasn't detailed, the ZMS-40 might arrive sometimes in Q4.